Right-hand batsman could only score 19 runs from 18 balls in his knock against Gladiators
20 February, 2023
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Peshawar Zalmi captain, Babar Azam, achieved another milestone in HBL PSL on Monday as he became the first batsman to breach the 2500-run mark in the marquee tournament’s history.
The right-hand batsman achieved the aforementioned record by hitting Qais Ahmed for a boundary in his innings against Quetta Gladiators at National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi.
Babar played a match-winning 68-run knock from 46 balls against Kings to start the tournament on a high note.
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Shoaib Malik (2023) and Fakhar Zaman (2020) are the only other batsmen to score more than 2000 runs in the league’s history.
Babar (2509) could only score 19 runs from 18 balls in his knock against Gladiators. He was trapped lbw by Mohammad Nawaz.
